ZAMBOANGA CITY – An explosion rocked the municipality of Tipo-Tipo in Basilan province on Tuesday night, August 13, days before the town festival mounted annually by the local government. The blast, which happened within the vicinity of the municipal hall, destroyed part of the fence. ...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An ice vendor was gunned down in Barangay Lagayas, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Leonardo Sanchez Arcila of Barangay Aguada, Isabela, Basilan. Investigation disclosed that the victim was on his way home when he was shot by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A police corporal was wounded when armed men attacked a newly constructed police outpost in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Wednesday, April 12. POLICE Corporal Nasser Hain is treated for a bullet wound at the Lamitan District Hospital in Basilan. (Photo via Liza Jocson) A report from...
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (PNA) – A bomb courier formerly identified with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed while his companion escaped during a shootout with government troops in this city, the military said Thursday, June 30. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander,...
